The viral '67' meme, born from a Philly rap song, has become Gen Alpha slang for shared identity and humour, sparking debate ...

Flipping through the thin pages of a dictionary, it can be hard to imagine the humans who actually put the thing together, deciding how each word would be defined and discovering how it trickled down ...

Slang is probably as old as human language, though the first slang dictionaries only started popping up in the 16th century. But nothing has been a boon for slang lexicography like the digital age, as ...

If you ever call your partner ‘bae’ or complain that you’re ‘hangry’ you’re officially using some of America’s most annoying slang, according to new research. A new study examining the use and ...

Before we look at your book selection, could you tell us what slang is? Slang is difficult because everything about it defies simple classification. Nobody knows the etymology of the word slang. If ...

Does it ever feel like kids and teens are speaking in a different language? Have you ever had to look up the latest slang ...

If you’ve ever wondered what the young people around you are talking about nowadays, you’re not alone. It's tough to keep up with language when it’s constantly evolving. To see which new words and ...

Australia's police are looking to build an AI tool that would detect and interpret emoji slang online in an effort to curb ...

When 22-year-old Elizabeth Bergman said a certain hairstyle was “goals” on a social media post recently, her father reacted with utter confusion. “My dad was like, is this grammatically correct?” said ...

"All slang words are detestable from the lips of ladies," Eliza Leslie said in 1867. She was the author of the Behavior Book, a 19th century etiquette manual published in Philadelphia. How times have ...

It’s hard for young tech workers to find a job, even with the AI buildout bonanza. This has spawned a curious worldview that ...